Guenther Steiner hopes the FIA doesn't change rules just to hamstring Red Bull
- Planet Sport writer
- 10 April 2023
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes it would be against the spirit of Formula 1 if the FIA were to make rule changes with the sole purpose of reining Red Bull in.
Red Bull have been dominant in Formula 1 in recent years, with Max Verstappen winning the last two Drivers' Championship titles and the team taking the Constructors' Championship in 2022.
However, nothing prepared the grid and fans of Formula 1 for just how dominant they would be this season.
It has got to the point, just three races into the season, where Red Bull have been accused of deliberately slowing their pace down to hide just how big the gap to the rest of the field really is.
And while this is an incredible technical achievement by Red Bull, it does not provide a particularly exciting sporting spectacle which is a problem for Formula 1.
However, Steiner does not like the idea of changing the rules just to slow Red Bull down.
"The sport is the main thing we have to have," he told Motorsport.com
"The show is secondary, but I think it will sort itself out and then still we have got a good race going on in the front now with Checo and Max, that doesn't seem to be without sparks, without show.
"There is some show element in that one now. But I'm not worried that other people will catch up.
"I would say [the current rules] work," he noted. "Obviously at the moment Red Bull has an advantage, but I wouldn't say they'll keep that advantage now for the next 20 races.
"I'm not so sure about that because everybody will catch up, and hopefully we find out how Red Bull came to this advantage and we can copy it, or do something similar.
"Everybody will be working hard and then you never have to forget Red Bull has got the penalty they got last year, they can do less development in the wind tunnel this year so they cannot move a lot ahead anymore in theory.
"So you have to see. But they did a fantastic job. And therefore, you cannot blame the regulations for that. Because if somebody does a better job than anybody else, they should get the advantage."
